Strana 8
MODEL & STORY
Mustang low over Steeple Morden base, summer 1944.
Later appearance of ‘Miss Steve’, without invasion stripes and with eighteen kill
markings of destroyed enemy aircraft.
Bill Cullerton sitting on the wing of ‘Miss Steve’, autumn, 1944. The aircraft still has
remnants of invasion stripes and on the frame of the sliding portion of the cockpit
canopy are ten kill marks of destroyed German aircraft. This appearance of the
aircraft was the reference for Jan Barance's model that accompanies this article.
This photo is dated March 18th, 1945, the date of the emergency landing due to
an engine failure, after which the aircraft was written off. The pilot was Richard
F. Misner. The photo contradicts the information that this aircraft, s/n 44-13677,
was renamed ‘Fickle Fanny’ in November, 1944 and recoded OS
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N. It is possible that
Bill Cullerton flew P-51D-5 44-13677 again after his return to the unit, and received
a new P-51D-20 with serial number 44-64011 only after the illustrated and
irreversible damage suffered by 44-13677 in the emergency landing and its
subsequent writing off.
s/n 44-13677, Lt. William G. Cullerton, 357th FS, 355th FG, 8th AF,
Steeple Morden, Velká Británie, 1944
Eduard Kit # 11134, Chattanooga Choo Choo 1/48
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March 2026